Canister-support.



A. H. CUREAU.

GANISTER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS ART/LAND H. CUREAU, F TABBYTOWN, NEW YORK.

GANISTEB-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

Application filed September 3, 1912. Serial No. 718,245.

T 0 all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, ARMAND H. GUREAU, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tarrytown, in the county of estchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Canister-Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a canister support; that is, to a convenient mechanism for supporting a canister designed to hold tea, flour or any other commodity; and it also includes means for mounting the canister support upon various fixtures and for supporting shelves or the like by the aid of the canister support.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which the same characters of reference indicate the same parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved canister support, showing the same in position upon a counter or table; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the support, showing the same secured to the face of a wall, and having the means by which the same can be secured to a counter, as shown in Fig. 1, employed to secure a shelf in position; and F 3 is a perspective view of a detail, showing the parts which prevent the canisler from being separated from the support.

On the drawings the numeral 1 represents a table or counter, and my canister support is indicated as a whole by the numeral 2, mounted upon the edge of the table or counter, as shown. The canister is indicated by the broken lines 3 in Fig. 2, and suspended from the top of the support, with the mouth downward, so as to enable the contents to be readily discharged into a suitable receptacle, such as a paper bag, when a customer desires to buy the same.

The support 2 consists of a pair of frames comprising upright posts 4, the lower ends of which are bent over as shown at 5, and connected by means of a bar 6. The feet of the upright frames are shown at 7, these feet resting upon the top of the counter or table and being spaced from the bent-over ends of the posts 4 to receive the edge of the counter or table between the ends 5 and feet 7. Through the bar 6 passes a screwthreaded clamp 8, by means of which the support is secured in position. The fronts of the frames are curved as shown at 9,

these front edges being tangent to the upright posts 4 near the upper ends, and then curving outward. At the point of tangency is an ear or lug 10 on each frame, and the upper ends of the fronts of the frame are made integral with projecting arms 11 having notches 12 in their upper edges near the outer ends. These notches 12 serve as bearings to receive trunnions 13 carried upon the side of the canister 3, and support the weight of the canister and its contents.

To prevent the canister from swinging I employ a bar 14 having rabbeted ends 15 perforated as shown at 16. These perforations are threaded to receive screws 17 passing through the posts 4 to hold the bar 14 in place. This bar supports a stud 18 which passes through a bearing 19 secured toone side of the canister, and 20 is a pin passing through the outer end of the stud 18 to pre vent disengagement. It will be seen on the drawings that the lugs or cars 10 are in alinement with the bar 14 when the latter is in position, and these lugs or cars will serve to cover the ends of this bar and give a neat appearance to the support 21.

On Fig. 1 the canister support is shown as resting upon a table or counter, as above noted, being held in position through the top of the counter or table passing between the feet 7 and ends 5 of the posts 4, and the clamp 8. On Fig. 2, however, the canister is secured to the face of a wall by means of fasteningdevices passing through holes in the posts 4, similar to the holes which receive the screws 17, and by this relation of the parts the ends 5 of the posts and the feet 7, together with the clamp 8, can be used to hold the shelf shown at 21.

The utility of my device will be obvious. The canister will be provided with a suitable closure for the mouth of the same, and this will prevent the contents from discharging, except when moved to open position. Whenever a purchaser desires to buy a part of the contents the store clerk simply stands a paper bag below the mouth of the same and moves the closure to open position to allow as much of the contents as is required to run into the bag. The canister can be removed when empty simply by taking out the pin 20 and lifting the bearing 19 from the stud 18 and the trunnions 13 from the bearing notches 12, after which a full canister can be substituted. The support can be placed anywhere in a store 01' shop, and in addition to serving to support the canister, as shown in Fig. 1, it can be made to hold up the shelf, as shown in Fig. 2, as above noted.

Obviously, the most convenient way to make my canister support will be to form the two frames comprising the posts 4 in one piece, casting the same of any suitable metal.

Although my invention can: readily be applied in stores and shops, it is obvious that it also be readily employed in kitchens and homes, and is, in fact, intended for-this latter purpose.-

I do not limit myself to any particular use for the canister support above described, nor to the precise kind of canister shown, norv to the form of the canister, Neither do- 1 limit myself to the particular construction of the canister support, the scope of my invention being commensurate withniy claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ,1, A canister support comprising a pair ofside frames, means at the lower ends of said frames for securing the support in po'- sition, arms projecting from the upper ends of said frames and having bearing recesses in their upper edges, and a cross bar connecting said frames together below said arms, said bar having an upward-extending stud projecting centrally therefrom.

2',- The combination of a canister having trunnion-s extending from the opposite sides side of said canister, and a support for en-' gaging said trunnions, said support also prevent the canister from swinging.

3. A- canister support comprising. a pair of frames having incurved fronts, said frames having means at the top for engaging and supporting a canister, a cross bar connecting said frames, said bar also having means for engaging the canister to prevent the same from swinging, and a pair of lugs carried by the frames to cover the ends of first-named bar.

5; A canister support comprising a pair of side frames, means at the lower ends of said frames for securing the support in position, arms projecting from the upper ends of said frames and having bearings therein adjacent their outer ends, and a cross bar for connecting said frames together below said larins, said cross-bar having means for enagagiiig a canister pro ecting therefrom to prevent the canister from swinging from said bearings.

6. The combination of a canister having means extending from the sides thereof at opposite points, means providing a bearing .to engage the first-named means on the canister and thereby suspend the same, andinterengaging means carried by the means providing the bearing and the side of the canister to prevent the canister from swinging. thereof and a bearing also mounted on the j In testimony whereof I have signed my l name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. having means for engaging said bearing to ARMAND H. CUREAU.

Witnesses WILLIAM F. NICKEL, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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